Sunday, July 01, 2007
Ethernet!!
We set up wireless networks when we moved into this house in January and things seemed okay at first, but soon it seemed like the network was often bogged down, the printer was not working consistently, and Joyce's computer had a very inconsistent connection. So, before too long we had Ethernet cables strung from the laundry room down the hall, from the switch to the printer, etc. This was not a way to please the person who does the majority of floor maintenance, and so a better solution had to be found. So, since I couldn't sleep Saturday morning anyway I got up and went to Home Depot and got 1000' of the Cat5e cable and some remodel boxes. I spent a good portion of the day up in the attic drilling holes and feeding wires through with fish tape. Ugh: sweat, no air, fiberglass insulation, etc. The biggest challenge was
getting wires into the living room/dining room wall. First I had to take the cable TV box out of a wall, fish wire from the upstairs attic to the 2" by 4" hole in the wall left by the cable TV box. From there I had to use a flexible drill to go into the 2" x 4" hole and drill into the area between the first and second floors. Then, in the dining room I took an air conditioning register out, removed the ductwork, and reached up through the hole. With lots of persistence and a bit of luck we managed to fish the wire across the top of the formal dining room ceiling. Then I had to reach up through the hole in dining room ceiling and drill another hole down into the wall. From there I was able to fish the wires down to the new outlet boxes I installed. The other outlets were easier to install, but I spent the whole day Saturday working on the drops into the rooms.
Sunday afternoon I worked on the location in the laundry room where the FIOS comes into the house and where I wanted to put the router and switch. I also added a power outlet up there so I wouldn't have wires all over the place. I still have tools scattered here and there and some insulation to clean up, but overall the job is done and the wired Ethernet network is working very well. Below is one of the new outlets and the connection for Joyce's kitchen computer.
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getting wires into the living room/dining room wall. First I had to take the cable TV box out of a wall, fish wire from the upstairs attic to the 2" by 4" hole in the wall left by the cable TV box. From there I had to use a flexible drill to go into the 2" x 4" hole and drill into the area between the first and second floors. Then, in the dining room I took an air conditioning register out, removed the ductwork, and reached up through the hole. With lots of persistence and a bit of luck we managed to fish the wire across the top of the formal dining room ceiling. Then I had to reach up through the hole in dining room ceiling and drill another hole down into the wall. From there I was able to fish the wires down to the new outlet boxes I installed. The other outlets were easier to install, but I spent the whole day Saturday working on the drops into the rooms.
Sunday afternoon I worked on the location in the laundry room where the FIOS comes into the house and where I wanted to put the router and switch. I also added a power outlet up there so I wouldn't have wires all over the place. I still have tools scattered here and there and some insulation to clean up, but overall the job is done and the wired Ethernet network is working very well. Below is one of the new outlets and the connection for Joyce's kitchen computer.
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